EzyTimerChangelog
Human-readable release notes for EzyTimer. For machine-readable update checks, see the release manifest.
Current stable
Version 1.9.0
Installer: EzyTimer-Setup-1.9.0.exe
SHA256: FA4119DF31CC90697EC9213366AD54CA0EC2540769F96D7712386AD65F3183D9
Highlights
- Renamed the product from Polytimer to EzyTimer across the Windows app, installer, controller, website, documentation, virtual camera, and release assets.
- Existing licenses, timer recovery state, overlay settings, and logs migrate automatically to the EzyTimer app-data folder.
- The installer cleans up the previous firewall rule and virtual-camera registration while installing the EzyTimer names.
- The controller now follows the live-event workflow: iPad Remote, Add Speaker Timer, Speaker Message, Speaker Order & Flow, then Presenter Overlay.
- Confidence-display alignment and spacing are corrected across display sizes.
- The Pomodoro theme is hidden from new choices while existing saved events remain compatible.
Notes
- The app ID, camera device ID, and browser storage keys remain stable so upgrades and saved event files continue to work.
- The event-file format is unchanged from 1.8.8.
Previous release
Version 1.8.8
Installer: EzyTimer-Setup-1.8.8.exe
SHA256: F4B901F24591D85887AAC4187BE477178F3FE37753525F3D7A005B9E7DCD3088
Highlights
- Closed a hole that let a web page open on the show laptop read the remote PIN, mint a display session, and follow the live show state. The relay judged whether a request was local from the network connection alone, which any website can satisfy by pointing its own domain at your machine. It now also checks the address the request asked for.
- The remote PIN is now six to eight digits, raised from four. A PIN saved under the old rule is replaced with a fresh six-digit one the next time the controller starts, shown in the usual place under the QR code.
- The event logo and finish sound arriving over the network must now be embedded in the event file. Previously a connected controller could point every screen in the room at an outside web address.
Notes
- This is a security release. Updating is recommended for anyone running EzyTimer on a shared or venue network.
- Connecting the iPad by IP address, by
<laptop-name>.local, or over the laptop's own hotspot is unchanged. - No data or event-file format changes from 1.8.7.
Version 1.8.7
Installer: EzyTimer-Setup-1.8.7.exe
SHA256: 5AB2108752E8B48E2DFC01D8D6A5C38CD9CC28AB74AE8E92DFFFBD1025E4F2BA
Highlights
- Fixed frozen count-up timers. A count-up speaker showed “Running” while the clock sat at 00:00, with or without a target.
- Time of day no longer overflows its theme. The timer is sized for a five-character countdown, but the clock is eight characters, or eleven in 12-hour, so on several themes it ran past the edge of the screen or outside the circular clock face.
- Show Mode now says why it blocked an edit, and offers an Unlock button, instead of only pulsing the Show Mode button.
- Removed the Background settings. The Event Theme owns the display background, so there is one place to change it.
- Moved Event Files & Templates from Settings into the More menu. Saving, restoring and templates work exactly as before.
Notes
- Windows 11 is the supported desktop platform.
- No data or event-file format changes from 1.8.6.
Version 1.8.6
Installer: EzyTimer-Setup-1.8.6.exe
SHA256: AE74E0F8C8E1A34D6EBD6D97B0D411200018FB218C1722F120AE6F5ABBF0A134
Highlights
- Presentation clicker control — run the show from a USB presenter remote. Forward advances to the next speaker, back returns to the previous one, and the blackout button starts or pauses the live timer. Off by default; switch it on in Settings.
- The clicker works from the controller and from the Display, Confidence and Green Room windows, so it keeps working whichever window you clicked last.
- Confidence view: long agenda titles no longer push the progress bar and the bottom of the “up next” panel off the screen.
- Confidence view: the presenter’s name is no longer repeated three times — the bottom strip is a lookahead only, and the timer stays the largest thing on screen.
- Confidence view: “up next” and “on deck” text now meets WCAG AA contrast on every built-in theme, and the halo, spectra and eclipse clock faces fit the confidence monitor.
Notes
- Windows 11 is the supported desktop platform.
- No data or event-file format changes from 1.8.5.
Version 1.8.5
Installer: EzyTimer-Setup-1.8.5.exe
SHA256: 922DBF35C475BC282808652D85DD9C156AAD99FC91B95AF1C599C42A76C7B15D
Highlights
- Controller command rail redesigned as a two-row layout — button labels never clip at any window size.
- All controller buttons meet the 44px touch-target minimum on every input type.
- On narrow screens the More menu now opens attached below its button instead of a detached sheet.
- Remote control rows use consistent spacing on iPhone and iPad.
- Semantic button color mapping documented for maintainability.
Notes
- Windows 11 is the supported desktop platform.
- No data or event-file format changes from 1.8.4.
Version 1.8.4
Installer: EzyTimer-Setup-1.8.4.exe
SHA256: 097506CF9A6D1A74EB954B17C12F9A860976E955C9BA180A2FB2E2CA19810B90
Highlights
- LIVE badge is now readable on light and custom themes (theme-aware colors).
- Full iPad console, transport, and lineup controls meet the 44px touch-target floor on touch devices.
- Bigger Fullscreen and Return-to-Controls buttons on display and confidence views.
- Confidence view clock no longer sits under the Controls button on phones.
- Improved secondary-text contrast in the Earth Clean theme.
- Controller polish: consistent section icons and cleaned-up footer copy.
Notes
- Windows 11 is the supported desktop platform.
- No data or event-file format changes from 1.8.3.
Version 1.8.3
Installer: EzyTimer-Setup-1.8.3.exe
SHA256: 55EAD72D85C6FFC2407013A6521F7C163EB7ECE24A8D7EA215205E0E4ABF62A0
Highlights
- Fixed phone controller overflow, clipped live-cue icons, and narrow timer formatting.
- Improved iPhone connection recovery, physical Wi-Fi selection, and VPN guidance.
- Added an installer-managed Windows Firewall rule for local-subnet phone and tablet remotes.
- Added tray-based "Check for updates…" using the hosted release manifest.
- Added tray "Run Show Ready check…" for fast pre-show readiness checks.
- Added "Reset camera system…" to recover the EzyTimer virtual camera without touching timer state.
- Added rolling support logs, diagnostic reports, support bundle copy, and log-folder access.
- Added first-run startup checklist with quick actions for controller, display, overlay, and license.
- Improved presenter confidence cues with Now, Up Next, and On Deck context.
- Added show setup wizard, expanded templates, post-event report print/save flow, and Companion/Stream Deck setup.
- Improved website release manifest, install guide, terms, privacy, and refund pages for launch readiness.
Notes
- Windows 11 is the supported desktop platform.
- Live-event operation is designed to run locally after activation.
- Install and test the virtual camera before show day.